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The Light of Wisdom THE LIGHT OF WISDOM Sri Swami Chidananda Published by THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY P.O. SHIVANANDANAGAR—249 192 Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, Himalayas, India www.sivanandaonline.org, www.dlshq.org First Edition: 2014 [ 2,000 Copies ] ©The Divine Life Trust Society Swami Chidananda Birth Centenary Series—16 FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION Published by Swami Padmanabhananda for The Divine Life Society, Shivanandanagar, and printed by him at the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy Press, P.O. Shivanandanagar, Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, Himalayas, India For online orders and Catalogue visit : dlsbooks.org PUBLISHERS’ NOTE 24th September 2016 marks the auspicious occasion of Birth Centenary of Worshipful Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj. To commemorate this sacred occasion, the Headquarters Ashram has decided to bring out one hundred booklets comprising illuminating talks of Worshipful Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj for free distribution. To propagate Sadgurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj’s gospel of Divine Life, Worshipful Sri Swamiji Maharaj travelled extensively in India and abroad and showed the path of divine life to countless seekers through his spontaneous and highly inspiring lectures. His lectures, in Sadgurudev’s words, are the outpourings of his saintly heart, the revelations of intuitive wisdom. We are immensely happy to bring out some of his hitherto unpublished lectures in a booklet form as our worshipful offering at his holy feet on the blessed occasion of his Birth Centenary. The present booklet ‘The Light of Wisdom’ is a compilation of his four inspiring talks, one given at the Sadhana Shibir at the Musoorie Retreat in (3) 1984 and three talks at the sacred Samadhi Shrine during the year 1998. We express our heartfelt gratitude towards the inmates of the Headquarters Ashram for their loving service in transcribing, editing and compiling these talks. May the abundant blessings of the Almighty Lord, Sadgurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and Worshipful Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj be upon all. —The Divine Life Society (4) 1. THE LIGHT OF WISDOM Om Mitraya Namah. Om Ravaye Namah. Om Bhaskaraya Namah. Om Marichaye Namah. Om Hiranyagarbhaya Namah. Om Adityaya Namah. Worshipful homage to That Supreme, all-transcending, infinite, eternal, all-full, all-perfect resplendent reality! The Brahman of the Upanishads, the Bhagawan of the devotee, the Creator, Preserver and Dissolver of universes, the Being pointed out by the Upanishads as the supreme goal of human existence by experiencing whom you become liberated once for all from all pain and sufferings! This body-bound condition is in itself an affliction, a disease, an unnatural condition for you who are nameless, formless, ever free. Those who have attained illumination have clearly realised that you in your real nature are a part and parcel of that great Being. You worship that Being as God, and all scriptures try to describe it, and all the saints and sages who have become liberated, called out to us: “Come! Come! Walk this path which we have taken. We have attained that splendid Being, and all our sorrows have come to an end. We are in a state of perennial Joy. We have attained the peace that passes (5) 6 THE LIGHT OF WISDOM understanding; we have attained the Bliss beyond all description.” They called us: “Hey Martyah Shrunu Vakshyami Paramahitam Sankshepatah— O ye mortals! Listen! We have come to declare to you your highest good, your highest welfare. We will briefly tell you”: In this land of the Vedas and the Upanishads, the Himalayas and the Ganga, in this land of the illumined and enlightened sages and seers, the highest value has always been given to knowledge and wisdom. All your suffering, all your weeping and wailing and beating of the breast is because you have been caught in the net of unwisdom, Ajnana. You are bound by Ajnana, ignorance. Jnana alone can liberate you. Darkness can only be removed by bringing in light. No other method will work. You cannot shout darkness away, you cannot curse darkness away, and you cannot drive darkness away by drum beating. In Bharatavarsha the highest value has been given to knowledge. The highest praise you can give to a person is: “O you wise one! You possessor of knowledge! Jai Hanuman Jnana Guna Saagar—You are an ocean of virtue and Jnana.” And this wisdom, this Jnana has always been equated with Light. Ajnana is darkness. In Ajnana you are blind, you cannot see. You cannot go ahead because you are not sure about the right direction. Only when you see, can you go in a definite direction. And you can see only when there is light. Light is an indispensable, THE LIGHT OF WISDOM 7 invaluable commodity in human life. And the Supreme Being is addressed as Supreme Light – the light of lights beyond all darkness: Jyotishaamapi Tat Jyoti Tamasa Param Uccyate Jnaana Jneyam Jnaana Gamyam Hridi Sarvasya Vishthitam “That light of lights beyond all darkness dwells within you. It is in the heart of all things”. Krishna in the Gita did not say ‘Hridi Sarveshaam’, He says: ”Hridi Sarvasya”. Therefore, become filled with knowledge. Know the reality. ‘Arise! Awake! Become illumined with knowledge’. Uttishthata Jagrata Praapya Varannibhodata Attaining the great ones—Nibodhata—fill yourself with knowledge; awaken from the slumber of ignorance. From the blindness of ignorance come into the light of wisdom! To say this, they used the words: Tamaso Maa Jyotir Gamaya ‘From darkness, take us to the light’. Take us to the light of knowledge that liberates, so that there is no more coming into this life of suffering and sorrow. In another place, addressing Hanuman they say, “Jnaaninam Agraganyam” . Hanuman is regarded as the foremost of the wise, ‘Agraganya’. Jagadguru Adi Sankaracharya also emphasised upon Jnana Yoga more than other Yogas. Not that he did not admit the validity of the other Yogas: Karma, Bhakti, Dhyana. Selfless 8 THE LIGHT OF WISDOM actions: Karma Yoga, devotion: Bhakti Yoga, meditation: Dhyana Yoga, wisdom: Jnana Yoga. These are the four great paths. But the greatest importance was given to wisdom. We all belong to the Dashanaami order of Jagadguru Adi Sankaracharya. We are monastics, Sannyasins in that line. And therefore, let us ever strive to attain wisdom and knowledge. One of the important Sadhanas, spiritual disciplines and practices is therefore to study: study of the scriptures, Upanishads, Bhagavatam, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita. Svadhyaya Na Pramaditavyam—do not neglect the study even for a single day! Among the indispensable ingredients that go to make up spiritual life, they mentioned among other things penance and austerity, daily unfailing study and an attitude of surrender to the Supreme: Tapas, Svadhyaya, Ishvara Pranidhaana. The daily disciplines that Patanjali Maharishi expounds in his Ashtanga Yoga are: YAMA: Ahimsa, Satyam, Brahmacharya, Asteya, Aparigraha, and NIYAMA: Shaucha, Santosha, Tapas, Svadhyaya, Ishvara Pranidhaana. Yama and Niyama are the entry points among the eight foundation or stages. The stages through which you have to enter into the realm of Yoga, are the vows you have to take of truthfulness, self-control, purity, non-covetousness and leading a simple life. And among the daily disciplines that you must practice without fail are THE LIGHT OF WISDOM 9 inner and outer cleanliness, contentment, cheerfulness within, penance or austerity, daily study and an attitude of placing yourself at the feet of God in surrender. And such daily study leads progressively to knowledge, from knowledge to wisdom, from wisdom to enlightenment and through enlightenment to liberation. ‘Na punaravartate.’ That is the ultimate word. He does not come again into this wheel of birth and death. And this stage of knowledge—experience has always been equated with light. In this universe of ours, the supreme source of light is Surya Narayana Bhagawan. Therefore, they called him Bhagawan and dedicated one entire Mantra to this aspect of Divinity which floods our solar universe with light. That Mantra is the 24 lettered Brahma Gayatri Mantra. They also addressed God as Savita, and in this Mantra the sun god Surya Narayana Bhagawan is addressed as Savita, and therefore they sometimes call Gayatri the Savitra Mantra: Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargodevasya Dheemahi Dhiyoyonah Prachodayata We take shelter; we adore that worshipful light of lights, ‘Savitur Varenyam’. May He illumine our intellects with the light of wisdom. Out of the seven days one day has been set apart specially for directing our worshipful thoughts towards the sun. It is the sun-day, 10 THE LIGHT OF WISDOM Sunday. Tomorrow is dedicated to the moon, moon-day or Monday. These ideas have arisen in this heart and have been offered at your feet, for what it is worth. Our culture is light oriented. Our scriptures exist to bestow knowledge and remove the darkness of ignorance and grant us enlightenment so that we may once and for all become free from all pains, sufferings and sorrows. To that Supreme Being, we pay our worshipful homage, who is in the form of the great light of lights beyond all darkness. And while paying worshipful homage to that Supreme Being, we also offer our salutations and prostrations to beloved holy master Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, whose one mission in life was to share and to bestow spiritual knowledge so that the darkness within us may be banished and we may be filled with light. His one great mission was Jnana Daana, bestowing knowledge. Serve, love, meditate, realise! Realisation
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